Manicure receptacle with drying part

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to a manicure receptacle having a drying part, including: a receptacle body which has an entrance formed in its upper portion and stores a manicure therein; and a cap which is coupled to the entrance of the receptacle body and has a support rod which is integrated with a brush in its lower portion and extends in the vertical direction, wherein the cap includes a drying part configured to dry a manicure applied on a nail or a toenail of a user by raising the wind. The manicure receptacle is capable of quickly drying a manicure applied on a nail or a toenail of a user by raising the wind, thereby shortening manicure drying time and improving convenience of manicure use.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No.10-2012-0016619, filed on Feb. 17, 2012, with the Korean IntellectualProperty Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein byreference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a manicure receptacle with a dryingpart, and more particularly, to a manicure receptacle with a dryingpart, which is capable of quickly drying a manicure applied on a nail ora toenail of a user by raising the wind.

2. Description of the Related Art

In general, as one of essential cosmetics for modern women, a manicureis in the form of liquid and is used to create various personalities bybeing applied on a nail or a toenail using a brush.

The manicure is used with it carried in a manicure receptacle for thepurpose of convenience of storage and portability.

FIG. 1 shows a general structure of a manicure receptacle including areceptacle body 10 which has a threaded bottleneck 12 formed in itsupper part and stores a manicure therein, and a cap 20 which is threadedwith the bottleneck 12 of the receptacle body 10 and is integrated witha support rod 23 coupled with a brush 22.

However, such a conventional manicure receptacle has limited utilizationbecause it can only have a simple function of storage and portability.

In other words, this conventional manicure receptacle has no separatemeans for forcibly drying a manicure applied on a nail or a toenail.Thus, it is inconvenient for a user to wait for a period of time untilthe manicure applied on the nail or toenail is completely dried or toblow from a mouth onto the nail or toenail for fast drying of themanicure.

Accordingly, there is a need for a manicure receptacle which is capableof quickly drying a manicure applied on a nail or a toenail of a user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide amanicure receptacle having a drying part, which is capable of quicklydrying a manicure applied on a nail or a toenail of a user by raisingthe wind, thereby shortening manicure drying time and improvingconvenience of manicure use.

To achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the invention,there is provided a manicure receptacle including a drying part,including: a receptacle body which has an entrance formed in its upperportion and stores a manicure therein; and a cap which is coupled to theentrance of the receptacle body and has a support rod which isintegrated with a brush in its lower portion and extends in the verticaldirection, wherein the cap includes a drying part configured to dry amanicure applied on a nail or a toenail of a user by raising the wind.

The drying part may include: a drying part housing which is detachablycoupled to the top of the cap and has an air outlet port formed in itsupper portion; a wind raising portion which is coupled to the interiorof the drying part housing and is configured to raise the wind to drythe manicure and discharge the raised wind to the air outlet port; and apower supply which is provided to supply power to the wind raisingportion.

The drying part housing may be provided with at least one air inlet portformed in its surface, through which external air is introduced.

The drying part housing may include a switch provided to allow a user tocontrol an operation of the power supply.

The drying part housing may include a detecting portion formed in itssurface to operate the power supply when the nail or toenail of the userapproaches within a preset range.

According to another aspect of the invention, there is provided amanicure receptacle including a drying part, including: a receptaclebody which has an entrance formed in its upper portion and stores amanicure therein; a cap which is coupled to the entrance of thereceptacle body and has a support rod which is integrated with a brushin its lower portion and extends in the vertical direction; and areceptacle pedestal which is configured to be coupled to and support thereceptacle body, wherein the receptacle pedestal includes a drying partconfigured to dry a manicure applied on a nail or a toenail of a user byraising the wind.

The receptacle pedestal may include a pedestal housing which isdetachably coupled to the receptacle body and has an air outlet portformed in its surface, and the drying part may include: a wind raisingportion which is coupled to the interior of the pedestal housing and isconfigured to raise the wind to dry the manicure and discharge theraised wind to the air outlet port; and a power supply which is providedto supply power to the wind raising portion.

The pedestal housing may be provided with at least one air inlet portformed in its surface, through which external air is introduced.

The pedestal housing may include a switch provided to allow a user tocontrol an operation of the power supply.

The pedestal housing may include a detecting portion formed in itssurface to operate the power supply when the nail or toenail of the userapproaches within a preset range.

The detecting portion may be a proximity sensor configured to detectapproach of the nail or toenail of the user and operate the power supplybased on the detection.

According to the above aspects of the present invention, a manicurereceptacle having a drying part is capable of quickly drying a manicureapplied on a nail or a toenail of a user by raising the wind, therebyshortening manicure drying time and improving convenience of manicureuse.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The above and/or other aspects and advantages of the present inventionwill become apparent and more readily appreciated from the followingdescription of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional manicure receptacle.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a manicure receptacle according toone embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the interior of the manicurereceptacle shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a manicure receptacle according toanother embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the interior of the manicurereceptacle shown in FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will bedescribed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In thefollowing detailed description of the present invention, concretedescription on related functions or constructions will be omitted if itis deemed that the functions and/or constructions may unnecessarilyobscure the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a manicure receptacle according toone embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a sectional viewshowing the interior of the manicure receptacle shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 4is a perspective view showing a manicure receptacle according to anotherembodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a sectional viewshowing the interior of the manicure receptacle shown in FIG. 4.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a manicure receptacle according to oneembodiment of the present invention includes a receptacle body 100 whichhas an entrance 102 formed in its upper part and stores a manicuretherein; a cap 110 which is coupled to the entrance 102 of thereceptacle body 100; and a drying part 120 configured to dry a manicureapplied on a nail or a toenail of a user by raising the wind.

The receptacle body 100 forms a main frame of the manicure receptacle ofthis embodiment and has the entrance 102 in the upper part. That is, thereceptacle body 100 is configured to store a manicure in the form of aliquid. The receptacle body 100 may be made of transparent glass.

A user can draw the manicure out of the receptacle body 100 through theentrance 102 formed in the upper part of the receptacle body 100.

The cap 110 is coupled to the entrance 102 of the receptacle body 100and has a support rod 112 which is integrated with a brush 113 in itslower part and extends in the vertical direction. The cap 110 isthreaded with the entrance of the receptacle body 100. To this end, thecap 110 and the entrance 102 have their respective mating threads (notshown).

The cap 110 plays a role of blocking the entrance to prevent the liquidmanicure in the receptacle body 100 from flowing out of the receptaclebody 100 while allowing the manicure to be coated in the brush 113 andapplied on the nail or toenail easily.

The drying part 120 is configured to dry the manicure applied on thenail or toenail by raising the wind and includes a drying part housing130, a wind raising portion 140 provided to raise the wind, and a powersupply 150 provided to supply power to the wind raising portion 140.

The drying part housing 130 forms the main frame of the drying part 120and has an air outlet port 132 formed in the top thereof. The dryingpart housing 130 is formed into a shape corresponding to the cap 110 andis detachably coupled to the top of the cap 110. The drying part housing130 may be coupled to the cap 110 in a mutual-fitting manner.

Specifically, the drying part housing 130 has a fitting projection 131formed to project from its bottom and the cap 110 has a fitting groove114 formed to recess from its top, such that the fitting projection 131can be attached/detached to/from the fitting groove 114.

Alternatively, the drying part housing 130 and the cap 110 may bedetachably coupled to each other in a mutual-screwing manner.

The air outlet port 132 is formed in the top of the drying part housing130. The air outlet port 132 forms an outlet path of the wind raised bythe wind raising portion 140 which will be described later. The airoutlet port 132 may be provided with a net (not shown) to prevent afinger of the user from being introduced into the drying part 120 whileallowing the wind to be discharged.

The drying part housing 130 has at least one air inlet port 134 formedon its surface, through which air can be introduced externally.Accordingly, the drying part housing 130 raises the wind by means of thewind raising portion 140 from the air introduced through the air inletport 134 and discharges the raised wind through the air outlet port 132.

The drying part housing 130 has a switch 136 on its surface.Accordingly, a user can control an operation of the power supply (whichwill be described later) through manipulation of the switch 136. Theswitch 136 may have various types such as a one-touch type, asensor-touch type and so on.

The drying part housing 130 has a detecting portion 138 on its top todetect approach of the nail or toenail of the user. That is, thedetecting portion 138 is configured to detect the nail or toenailapproaching within a preset range of the drying part housing 130 andcontrol the operation of the power supply 150 based on the detection.

The detecting portion 138 can improve convenience in drying the manicureapplied on the nail or toenail of the user by automatically detectingthe approach of the nail or toenail applied with the manicure within thepreset range of the drying part housing 130 and controlling the powersupply 150 to supply power to the wind raising portion 140. In thisembodiment, the detecting portion 138 may be implemented with aproximity sensor to automatically operate the power supply 150 when anobject approaches within the preset range of the drying part housing130.

The wind raising portion 140 is provided within the drying part housing130 and includes a motor 142 and a fan 144 coupled to the motor 142. Thewind raising portion 140 including the motor 142 and the fan 144 raisesthe wind from the air introduced into the air inlet port 134 within thedrying part housing 130 and discharges the raised wind to the air outletport 132.

The power supply 150 is provided to supply power to the wind raisingportion 140. The power supply 150 includes a PCB board 152 printed withvarious printed circuits to control the operation of the drying part120, and a battery 154 to supply power to the PCB board 152.

The PCB board 152 is configured to be fixed to the interior of thedrying part housing 130. In addition, the motor 142 of the wind raisingportion 140 is fixed to the PCB board 152.

The battery 154 is coupled to the PCB board 152 in order to supply powerto the wind raising portion 140. In this embodiment, the battery 154 isdetachably coupled to the PCB board 152 and may be of an exchange typeor a charging type.

Hereinafter, use of the manicure receptacle having the drying partaccording to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the manicure receptacle having the drying part according to thisembodiment, the cap 110 is coupled to the entrance 102 of the receptaclebody 100 storing the liquid manicure and the drying part 120 isdetachably coupled to the top of the cap 110.

When the user opens the entrance of the receptacle body 100 and appliesand dries the manicure on the nail or toenail by means of the brush 113provided in the cap 110, the switch 136 provided in the drying part 120is switched on and, accordingly, the wind raising portion 140 starts tooperate by the power supplied from the power supply 150.

When the wind raising portion 140 operates, external air is introducedinto the drying part housing 130 through the air inlet port 134 and thewind raising portion 140 raises the wind according to the operation ofthe motor 142 and the fan 144. That is, the wind raising portion 140raises the wind by the operation of the motor 142 and the fan 144 andthe external air introduced through the air inlet port 134 of the dryingpart housing 130 and discharges the raised wind to the air outlet port132.

The operation of the wind raising portion 1440 continues until themanicure applied on the nail or toenail is completely dried by supply ofthe wind and the user switches the switch 136 off.

That is, the user can quickly and conveniently dry the manicure appliedon the nail or toenail using the wind raised by the wind raising portion140 of the drying part 120.

In addition, the user can operate the power supply 150 and the windraising portion 140 by approaching the nail or toenail applied with themanicure to the drying part housing 130 provided with the detectingportion 138 without operating the switch 136.

That is, the detecting portion 138 can improve convenience in drying themanicure applied on the nail or toenail of the user by automaticallydetecting the approach of the nail or toenail applied with the manicurewithin the preset range of the drying part housing 130 and controllingthe power supply 150 to supply the power to the wind raising portion140.

In this manner, the manicure receptacle having the drying part accordingto the embodiment of the present invention can shorten the drying timeof the manicure and convenience of use by quickly drying the manicureapplied on the nail or toenail using the wind raised by the drying part120.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a manicure receptacle according to anotherembodiment of the present invention includes a receptacle body 200 whichhas an entrance 202 formed in its upper part and stores a manicuretherein; a cap 210 which is coupled to the entrance 202 of thereceptacle body 200; a receptacle pedestal 220 provided to be coupled toand support the receptacle body 200; and a drying part 230 provided onthe receptacle pedestal 220 to dry a manicure applied on a nail or atoenail of a user by raising the wind.

The receptacle body 200 and the cap 210 have the same configuration andfunction as the receptacle body 100 and the cap 110 described in theprevious embodiment, and therefore, explanation of which will not berepeated for the purpose of clarity.

The receptacle pedestal 220 is configured to be coupled to and supportthe receptacle body 200 and includes a pedestal housing 222.

The pedestal housing 222 forms a main frame of the receptacle pedestal220 and has an air outlet port 224 formed on its surface. The pedestalhousing 222 has a rest groove 222A formed in its upper part to bedetachably coupled to and stably support the receptacle body 220. Thatis, the pedestal housing 222 has a structure which is narrow in itsupper portion and wide in its lower portion to stably support thereceptacle body 200.

In this embodiment, the pedestal housing 222 may be of a hollow typewith its lower portion opened to accommodate the drying part 230 (whichwill be described later) and a closure plate 222B is coupled to theopening after the drying part 230 is accommodated.

The rest groove 222A is formed in the upper portion of the pedestalhousing 222 and is configured to be depressed from its surface such thatthe lower portion of the receptacle body 200 is detachably inserted inthe rest groove 222A.

The air outlet port 224 is formed in the surface of the pedestal housing222. The air outlet port 224 forms an outlet path of the wind raised bythe wind raising portion 240 of the drying part which will be describedlater. The air outlet port 224 may be provided with a net (not shown) toprevent a finger of the user from being introduced into the drying part230 while allowing the wind to be discharged.

The pedestal housing 222 has at least one air inlet port 226 formed onits surface, through which air can be introduced externally.Accordingly, the pedestal housing 222 raises the wind by means of thewind raising portion 240 from the air introduced through the air inletport 226 and discharges the raised wind through the air outlet port 224.

The pedestal housing 222 has a switch 228 on its surface. Accordingly, auser can control an operation of the power supply 250 of the drying part230 (which will be described later) through manipulation of the switch228. The switch 228 may have various types such as a one-touch type, asensor-touch type and so on.

The pedestal housing 222 has a detecting portion 229 on its surface todetect approach of the nail or toenail of the user. That is, thedetecting portion 229 is configured to detect the nail or toenailapproaching within a preset range of the pedestal housing 222 andcontrol the operation of the power supply 250 based on the detection.

The detecting portion 229 can improve convenience in drying the manicureapplied on the nail or toenail of the user by automatically detectingthe approach of the nail or toenail applied with the manicure within thepreset range of the pedestal housing 222 and controlling the powersupply 250 to supply power to the wind raising portion 240. In thisembodiment, the detecting portion 229 may be implemented with aproximity sensor to automatically operate the power supply 250 when anobject approaches within the preset range of the pedestal housing 222.

The drying part 230 is configured to dry the manicure applied on thenail or toenail by raising the wind and includes the wind raisingportion 240 provided to raise the wind, and the power supply 250provided to supply power to the wind raising portion 240.

The wind raising portion 240 is provided within the pedestal housing 222and includes a motor 242 and a fan 244 coupled to the motor 242. Thewind raising portion 240 including the motor 242 and the fan 244 raisesthe wind from the air introduced into the air inlet port 226 within thepedestal housing 222 and discharges the raised wind to the air outletport 224.

The power supply 250 is provided to supply power to the wind raisingportion 240. The power supply 250 includes a PCB board 252 printed withvarious printed circuits to control the operation of the drying part230, and a battery 254 to supply power to the PCB board 252.

The PCB board 252 is configured to be fixed to the interior of thepedestal housing 222. In addition, the motor 242 of the wind raisingportion 240 is fixed to the PCB board 252.

The battery 254 is coupled to the PCB board 252 in order to supply powerto the wind raising portion 240. In this embodiment, the battery 254 isdetachably coupled to the PCB board 252 and may be of an exchange typeor a charging type.

The manicure receptacle having the drying part according to thisembodiment has the same operation and effects as that of the previousembodiment except that the drying part 230 to dry the manicure appliedon the nail or toenail by raising the wind is incorporated into thepedestal housing 222 forming the receptacle pedestal 220 and thereceptacle body 200 is detachably coupled to and stably support thepedestal housing 222.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and describedwith reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understoodby those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details maybe made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of thepresent invention. The exemplary embodiments are provided for thepurpose of illustrating the invention, not in a limitative sense. Thus,it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications andvariations of this invention provided they come within the scope of theappended claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A manicure receptacle including a drying part,comprising: a receptacle body which has an entrance formed in its upperportion and stores a manicure therein; and a cap which is coupled to theentrance of the receptacle body and has a support rod which isintegrated with a brush in its lower portion and extends in the verticaldirection, wherein the cap includes a drying part configured to dry amanicure applied on a nail or a toenail of a user by raising the wind.2. The manicure receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the drying partincludes: a drying part housing which is detachably coupled to the topof the cap and has an air outlet port formed in its upper portion; awind raising portion which is coupled to the interior of the drying parthousing and is configured to raise the wind to dry the manicure anddischarge the raised wind to the air outlet port; and a power supplywhich is provided to supply power to the wind raising portion.
 3. Themanicure receptacle according to claim 2, wherein the drying parthousing is provided with at least one air inlet port formed in itssurface, through which external air is introduced.
 4. The manicurereceptacle according to claim 2, wherein the drying part housingincludes a switch provided to allow a user to control an operation ofthe power supply.
 5. The manicure receptacle according to claim 2,wherein the drying part housing includes a detecting portion formed inits surface to operate the power supply when the nail or toenail of theuser approaches within a preset range.
 6. A manicure receptacleincluding a drying part, comprising: a receptacle body which has anentrance formed in its upper portion and stores a manicure therein; acap which is coupled to the entrance of the receptacle body and has asupport rod which is integrated with a brush in its lower portion andextends in the vertical direction; and a receptacle pedestal which isconfigured to be coupled to and support the receptacle body, wherein thereceptacle pedestal includes a drying part configured to dry a manicureapplied on a nail or a toenail of a user by raising the wind.
 7. Themanicure receptacle according to claim 6, wherein the receptaclepedestal includes a pedestal housing which is detachably coupled to thereceptacle body and has an air outlet port formed in its surface, andwherein the drying part includes: a wind raising portion which iscoupled to the interior of the pedestal housing and is configured toraise the wind to dry the manicure and discharge the raised wind to theair outlet port; and a power supply which is provided to supply power tothe wind raising portion.
 8. The manicure receptacle according to claim7, wherein the pedestal housing is provided with at least one air inletport formed in its surface, through which external air is introduced. 9.The manicure receptacle according to claim 7, wherein the pedestalhousing includes a switch provided to allow a user to control anoperation of the power supply.
 10. The manicure receptacle according toclaim 7, wherein the pedestal housing includes a detecting portionformed in its surface to operate the power supply when the nail ortoenail of the user approaches within a preset range.
 11. The manicurereceptacle according to claim 5, wherein the detecting portion is aproximity sensor configured to detect approach of the nail or toenail ofthe user and operate the power supply based on the detection.
 12. Themanicure receptacle according to claim 10, wherein the detecting portionis a proximity sensor configured to detect approach of the nail ortoenail of the user and operate the power supply based on the detection.